pona a! Песнь о вещем Олеге (The Song of the Prophet Oleg). pona mute!But it seems to me this text is not a translation of Pushkin's poem. It's just the same old legend written by you in toki pona, isn't it? Pushkin himselft took it from the Повесть временных лет chronicle (Tale of Bygone Years):

Is direct speech is not allowed or bad-sounded without "e ni" or "e nimi ni"? But I feel that too much of "e (nimi) ni" make the text too uniform. Dont't it? By the way: What is the difference between "e ni" and "e nimi ni"?

soweli Elepanto wrote:jan mi o, pana e soweli tawa ante tawa mi!

janKipo wrote:Almost certainly too complex, but I am not sure how to do exchanges ("I give you and you give me") I think 'esun' might be handy here but I don't know how it works exactly. 'o pana e soweli ante tawa mi. o weka e soweli mi' is about as good as I can see at the moment. Back to you for better ideas.

I'd explain, that "exchange", moreover "esun = market, shopping etc." are not appropriate here. The prince just ordered his soldiers give him another horse.

soweli Elepanto wrote:jan lawa ma Oliki li kama utala <...>

jan-ante wrote:kama utala e jan pi ma Khazaria

Yes he was! But it is "detail" -> "ike"

I have questions to expert tokiponists: What is a difference between "tenpo monsi" and "tenpo pini"?Is "tenpo monsi mute" appropriate at all for "long ago" ?